SG-1 walked through the Stargate, Colonel Samantha Carter, Teal'c, and Dr Daniel Jackson. For a human, Daniel sure was attractive. Must control myself now. I walked out from cover, "Hi it's Katya, please don't shoot"
"Katya, can you take us to approximately where you were when you shot the Jaffa, and we'll take it from there"
"Sure Sam", and off we walked. I couldn't stop myself glancing at Daniel repeatedly, hope no one noticed.
It was still quite hot, but not oppressive. Could have been worse, although being a vampire it would be hard for me to say. We approached where my team had kept lookout & where I'd shot the Jaffa. There were four Jaffa looking at the body.
"Can you see how they move?"
"Like the grace of an Olympic athelete"
"That's it exactly Daniel, move in a very fluid manner", I knew someone would be able to see it, "very few humans can move in that manner". At this point I was taking the sniper rifle off my shoulder, and starting to get one of vampire Jaffa in my sights
"Katya, what are you doing?" asked Sam worridly.
"The only way I can show you the larvae leaving the stomach is to shoot one"
"That might actually be a bad idea" Daniel ventured in a very soft voice
"I agree", I'm always glad Teal'c makes sure there was no misunderstanding.
"Other than them knowing someone is here, and I'd say it's a bit late for that, what is the problem?"
"Well, other than the fact I don't really want a Goa'uld larvae taking over my mind, let alone one with vampire abilities. Is anyone else bar me here terrified about that?" said Daniel raising his hand slightly "Plus, if it is a vampire, what is to stop it taking over you" he suggested pointing directly at me. At this point sweat started to break out all over my skin. Vampires seem to be immune to Goa'uld larvae generally, the immune system attacks it. The thought of larvae no longer prohibited from taking over one of my kind or Lycan was actually quite terrifying. "I can see your point. What do you have in mind"
"Perhaps if we go around them, and try to follow their trail wherever it came from hopefully without an encounter". This was one of Teal'c bright ideas, "anyone have any objections"
"Fine lead the way" I said and put the sniper rifle on my back again. I conjured up the thought of being host to a new kind of larvae, now that absolutely fucking terrified me.
We made our way slowly around the small ground of vampires, and moved off parallel to their tracks. There was no real wind at the minute so following was reasonable easy. As we made our way up another large dune, Daniel was huffing and puffing at the top, even I was breathing a little heavy. This dune must have been a couple hundred feet high, personally I have never seen one so bloody large. At the crest we could see down, and it lead into a huge valley. It looked like someone had carved a huge section of sand away to create the effect. Quite breath taking really.
The hill went down for miles, and was about 2 miles wide. At the very bottom, sat a Goa'uld mothership, with dozens of Jaffa guarding. How much more unpleasant could this get? Now the upside was that I could only see three or four individuals that move with that languid grace vampires are famous for. Spotting the Goa'uld among them was quite easy, she was very well dressed and looked immaculate.
"I can't see much, they're too far away"
"I can just make out Jaffa. We need to get closer" said Sam.
"Getting closer would be advantageous" suggested Teal'c.
"There's about four individuals that may be vampires"
"You can see that clearly" asked Daniel.
"Yeh why?" I didn't see what Daniel was getting at, unless he thought this was unusual.
"Hey Teal'c how's it feel not to have the best eyesight on team?" jested Daniel.
"I believe your phrase would be most distressing"
"Are they usually like this?"
"Now Jack got promoted, Daniel takes it upon himself to rib Teal'c occasionally"
"There is absolutely no way to get in there without a disguise, or something, besides I'm sure they'll notice my movement as odd, just as you do" I said, it was at this point the Jaffa made their way into the ship, as did the Goa'uld.
"That's odd"
"What would make them leave like that?" Sam asked to anyone in general.
"I do not know Colonel Carter"
"Katya, could you see anything out of the ordinary"
"Sorry, but it happened all of a sudden. No warning. Maybe we should circle around and get a better view"
"Good idea. Let's go then" said Sam taking charge, which was only right her being a Colonel. We made away across the top of the dunes that surrounded valley, being aware of anything out of the ordinary, anybody trying to tail us. It was at this point the Goa'uld mothership started to take off. For those of you that haven't guessed it was one of those pyramid type ships. As it made it's way into the sky we slowly made our way down the hill to see a few of the villagers come out of a nearby cave that wasn't visible from the other side of the valley.
They were dressed in rags and were dirty, about five of them. Not one of them seemed happy. As we started to approach they did not seem the slightest bit afraid.
"Hi I'm Daniel Jackson", at least he started in English.
"Hello Daniel"
"You speak the same language as us. These are my friends Teal'c, Samantha Carter and Katya"
"I would wish you well, but they have just taken the sarcophagus's of the Atavus"
"What's an Atavus?"
"They are magical creatures that drain the lifeforce of a victim through the use of magical claws"
"Katya. Any of this mean anything to you?"
"None whatsoever". Why is it when anything vampire like arises, people ask the vampire assuming we are the font of all knowledge on it? Sometimes I find this highly irritating.
"Can you tell me what an Atavas looks like?" requested Daniel going into full scholar mode.
"Like we do, but they have bones here" he said pointing at his head. They are very fast, and can do jumps that humans can't. At least according to legend"
"When was the last time you saw one?" probed Daniel suspiciously.
"Today when we saw the sarcophagus. We are the last of our people, the rest left through the Chappai days ago when we found the resting places for them. You see we have no real weapons as such and are not warriors", the guy looked almost melancholy. Poor bastard.
"Go on" urged Daniel.
"Well, I err we were forced by the Jaffa to show them the locations of the tombs. Once they dug them up, the Goa'uld left". Why did I get the feeling things were going from bad to worse…….